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The Weekly Star. lrits Tjirpontine. - - ' " ...... . .- Messrs. L.l-B6ykinW.IL PUBLISHED AT IL9IING T O N , C - AT - so a Veab, in advance. mm 'it-' .v g3sSSS28SS88SS - ggS88SSSSS s, -: - gssssgsssssisssss K g'cagsg'88'8ssgg ' ' - g38SS3SSS88SS8888. gggggggsggsssssss L : S8S88SS88SS8S8SS8 , ISS88SS8SS88888888' -v-ay P "'sd2222S3SSS. - .; 1 8Ss.SS8S8SSSS8SS8 .. i TT -: 5 . . . . i ' I jjS' :::::: i I." . ' & E iiered at the Post Offloe atTWllmlngton, . ti,' , a Second Class Hatter. , S UBSCRIPTION PRICE. the subscri6tion price of the Weekly St ak is as follows ; - . . S.n-jle Copy 1 year, postage paid, $1.50 1.00 .50 G months,' 3 months. THE ELECTIONS. , The ' Democratic column stands Virginia, Maryland, Mississippi, New: Jersey. New York is doubtful. ; The Republicans have Minnesota, Penn sy 1 vani a, . Nebraska, Massach use tts and. Connecticut. . They have re deemed Massachusetts and Pennsyl vania, and made large gains in Con necticuti In other words the Repub licans have regained three Republr can States and held their own in two otWrs. They have lost Virginia and hav; made heavy gains in New York. This makes the Presidential contest in 1884 much more uncertain than it so :i)i'lia month ago. No Democratic c;inilitt:itcs need coimt ou a New.Eng ' land Stale. Whilst Connecticut has . new and then voted for the Demo era i. it is essentially ; a Republican St.iif, and in any calculations it is "noL hest tiTput it down as probably Democratic v;: - - New York can be carried for the Democratic caudidate provided Til den and Kelly are heartily united in his support. ANew York man will have to be on the ticket, as it is not prohalde that the Democrats can elect, without New York. ,:"It is pos sible' that the Democrats may cap tnre ne ; or more . Northwestern States. There is much more proba bility f making gains in that sec tion than in' New England or Penn sylvania. If the Democrats get the: South and New York they will have, a good showing for victory. The Congress that will assemble in De-j eeniber will have no little lo do in shaping the results in 1884. .The victory in Virginia has' given unmixed satisfaction to the Demo crats in North Carolina. The people of Virginia have been sorely hu miliated and afflicted, and now thak their redemption has come there is much rejoicing along the entire line. The victory appears complete, and it is to be : hoped that : Mabone is so i dead, that in the years to come he will not be' heard of in the politi cal contests of Virginia.- He is to all intents and purposes ' a Republi can and he ouht henceforth to take off all disguises," and assume his proper place among the . tricksters and defeated bosses of the g. o. p. Among Democrats in Virginia and out of Virginia there are ; no two opinions as to Mahone. . AH regard him as a very bad, unprincipled man. Arthur tried to save; him and in doing so degraded and delauciicd his Administration. But looking at his antecedents ; who could expect anything better. The old Spanish saw is J,rue in politics as in other things "You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear," ine aeteat or rsutier onngs no sorious regret.') The Southern whites have-no admiration for him. The .-, only thing that could prompt any Southerner to desire Butler's elec tion is the fact that it would be af flictive to the "upper ten" who look with horror upon the revelations at Tewksbury. They feel very sore that the hideous ulcer should have been uncovered and" probed.- It is apparent that it could not have been Butler's character that offend ea them. . lie is a oetter man than the dirty - fellow Ames they have elected Lieutenant Governor, That shows their hypocrisy when they talk of Butler's low standard of morals, &c. He is the peer of Ames in all elements of manhood and in comparably his superior in ability, learning and information. Ames is corrupt and stupid witb four millions pf dollars. Butler is corrupt and able with one million bf dollars. The : Massacjiusetts i codfish - aristocracy could not stand Butler but Ames was good enough for them. Ahsm ! The Springfield Republican, an Iii- : HeP?nAent Republican paper, warred fiercely upon Butler because of his corruption and selfishness and it warred, also upon Ames because of his known character as a fellow of fraudulent practices. The JRepvMi can was consistent. It supported the Republican candidate for Gov- ernor, Mr. RoVmson, and theiDem- ocratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor, Mr. Qrinnell, because both men had character. fhe era of pure politics has not gawped as yet. The time for pu VOLrXV. ting'men of high and unsullied char-, acter in nomination has not yet come. Corrupt, artful, scheming, skilled manipulators still rule conventions and force good and faithful men to either vote for such nominees as they may select or bolt. . It is surely time that the virtuous and good people of the land had resolved that the best men must he selected for office. Ma chine politics ought to be so . offen sive as to have no power in a State. "Rings" ought tobe such a stench in the nostrils of the intelligence and virtue of a State as to guarantee the defeat of any man who is known to be in favor with them. The Butlers and Ameses and Mahones would never be heard of if the people were true to themselves and their interests. Let us work for better things. A NEW YORKER IN NORTH CAR OLINA. " The editor of the New York To bacco Leaf, has ' been visiting the fine tobacco sections of North Carolina.-1 His paper of October 20th contains a full account of what he saw. He shows the resources of our State; tells of the fine tobacco and immense warehouses and manufacto ries; of the cheap lands and cheap labor; of the timber and minerals of all varieties; and of the grand op portunities for immigrants. He is enthusiastic over our, healthful cli mate and hospitable people, and as sures the immigrants of a true wel come to all. He thinks that instead of "Going W est" it is better to come to North Carolina. He . visited Ox ford, Henderson, Durham, Winston and Reidsville. He says: I "Old as the State is, it has millions of acres of cheap' and fertile lands in its bor ders which have never been touched by the .'husbandman's plough, and in these, as in some of the old farms and plantations. , which can be bought for less than half ' their value; in its mines of every kind; in ! its forests of oak, hickory, pine and other ; woods: its fruit orchards; its grain, cotton and uneaualled tobacco fields, and the growing wants and aptitudes of its rapidly developing towns, incalculable wealth awaits the coming, and will reward the ap preciation, of ; labor and capital from abroad. Both are welcomed from any worthy source. At whatever door, private or public, one applies for admission in North Carolina, the ear is at once greeted with the cheery words, 'Come in sir, coma in! Wherever we travelled we found the people intelligent, hospitable and generous. What is known and prized as 'southern hospitality' was perceptible in whatever coarse our footsteps strayed or yearnings inclined. Tne legal rate ol interest is six per cent , except when otherwise agreed upon, which exception is the rule." The last census shows that eighty- seven or the ninety-six counties m - . - crew tobacco m i. ui course some of tbese produced but little. Granville leads in quantity and qua! lty. l he crop tor 1883 . will be. a short one. A great deal of money has been made. The editor says: "So. rapid has been the development of the trade that we saw farmers and trades men on the breaks who had risen from com parative poverty to comparative opulence in a few years. Lands that could have been bought a dozen years ago for two or three dollars an acre cannot now be had for less than hundreds of dollars per acre, and some cannot be purchased at all, so much has tobacco increased the value of every thing in the localities where it is grown and sold. Tobacco and its influence upon the prosperity of the people of the tobacco belt, is tne one common topic ot observa tion every wnere. The Tobacco Leaf devotes whole page to North Carolina to bacco interests. I't gives a f ui account of a visit to Blackw ell's Dur ham factory. - It is the largest fac to'ry of the kind in the world and is built of brick and granite. It has a. other 100 feet will soon be added, as a consequence of increasing business a height of four stories, and "two connecting wings, each four stories high and 160 feet in length. With in the grounds are all kinds of sup plementary structures, such as sto rage houses for leaf tobacco and other things, printing establishments, box- making factories, machine shops, fire apparatns, etc." NEGRO OUTBREAKS. The news from Southampton coun ty, Virginia, that the negroes were threatening a general massacre of the whites is alarminsr enough whether true or false. It will be a bad time for the colored . people if they ever begin such inhuman dev iltry. The men who' whipped three times their numbers in the late war on fifty battle " fields " would make short work of the : negroes if they were to ever feel that their wives and children and mothers and sisters were in danger of death at the hands' of enfuriated cut-throats. We hope the alarm was without any real foun dation. Such reports are very dis turbing to society and are well cal culated to deepen race prejudices and to render society unsettled When a "wee lad" we remember to have had our eyes on the stretch and our ears ail attention as we neara a lady of Southampton tell of the do- ngs of Capt, Nat. Turner and his drunken devils in 1833, we think it was. Ween'all were asleep she' and her husband were awakened by rapkjf knocking at the door. Her husband bounced up and soon ascertained that it was his trusted head man. - lie told his master that just over t creek the negroes were it great force and were murdering all of the whites as they went. - He at once sent for all of his men and told them what I was going on-rhat they could mur- Aer him and his family and.others but when, the day ;came the killing would be reversed, - andjihat the " ne groes would be hunted down- and slain. They told him'they would stand by him. wHe ordered his own horse and his wife's horse to be quickly saddled and brought to the door, a Hurrying on their clothes they' mounted, each taking a little boy- ( they "had two sons with both of whom we -went to- school, and both of whom are dead, now many years - ago.) behind them, and ' accompanied by their servants went into a large pocosin by a narrow way. constructed for c. hauling - out wood. , "After ' awhile Capt. Mid dlcton sent- out bis ''bead man to reconnoitre, He returned with the intelligence that- the ' negroes had come. ' to the,.- last house over the creek and within halt a J mile i of his- masterV " housed, and after killing r all the inmates had turned in another direction. ;, Capt. Mrddleton then counselled his negroes to return quietly-1. their home and to remain there," whilst he and Mrs. M., with their two little boys, took a 'circuitous route for ; Cross-Keys, aft hamlet a few miles distant,1 whither the whites flocked. :By day-break twenty-one armed, men had gathered and the upper-story of a Masonic Lodge was filled with women" 5 and children. About sunrise some two or three hundred negroes, bellowing, singing, howling were seen coming across a wide field that stretched in front of the hamlet. The twenty men under the command of Capt. Middleton advanced to meet them. They fired at long range with old fashioned " shot-guns, one or two negroes fell, and the remainder broke and fled. Then came the pursuit for day af ter day, and many : were caught and some "were hanged, among them Nat Turner who had got up the insurrection and was the leader. He was a negro preacher. Sixty whites were foully and cruelly murdered. The negroes beat out the brains of little children. There were many narrow escapes and many ex citing incidents were told us by Mrs. Middleton, but we have not space to relate them. - One gentleman, named Blunt, we think, with his overseer and his little son, aged 1 2, drove the ne groes off with their gu.ns,the boy doing the shooting. The stood at the front gate behind the. posts and palings, and the men loaded, the ' guns whilst rS4fc-V fire4-HiftlHBghJLdawa4wo or three negroes when a panic and a stampede ensued. President Jackson afterwards appointed the boy to the Navy. . . . . ; '-. ' -. , It is to be honed that none of the experiences of 1833 will be repeated fifty years afterwards. The attempt to slaughter the whites would only result in the extermination of the blacks. ,7 The New York Times commends Gen. Pryor for the quiet and digni fied way - he . bears himself in Eng land. He does not try "to make any fictitious and ephemeral reputation by fanning a flame from the petty 'international dispute which a mis chievous man could . readily evolve from this affair." ; It thinks if a man of another type were in his place there would be no little "bluster and mighty talk" and a great deal of irri tating discussion would come of it because x'of the failure of an Ameri can lawyer to secure admission to the nglish Bar in order to defend an Irishman accused of : crime." ; Gen. Pryor says he has been most courte ously treated and that O'Donnell will be well defended by. English lawyers. - " Ben Butler,' , developed great strength in the recent election, all things considered. When jit ' is re-" membered that . the old, . vigorous Boston Post, Democratic to the core, opposed him, and the Springfield He-: publican j one of the ablest papers in the North and Independent Republi can, fought him most 'mercilessly; and that the leading. Democrats in many sections of the . State did all they could against him, his vote was phenomenal. Ben is not killed and by a great deal. If the aristocrats of Boston are against him he has a great hold on the middle and lower classes. He says he will give them another tussle next Fall. - If he does he will give them another, big scare. In 1884 there will be two centena ry celebrations. The Presbyterians will celebrate the beginning of their denomination in the United States. Rev. Francis Makem.ie organized the first church in 1784, either in Mary land or New J ersey. We believe the Episcopalians contemplate cele brating in November, 1884, the con secration of 'Dr. Seabury as Bishop of Connecticut, which -occurred, in .1784. In 1787 twp fOther Bishops were consecrated," and in.:. 1789 the Episcopal Church., was organized. The - Methodists, now numbering nearly ,4,000.000 members on ' this continent, will celebrate their cen tennial soon, but of the precise time we are not certain. : " Infidel Bob 5 Ingersoll wa. against Butler and for Mahone, WILMINGTON, N. FREDDY, NOVEMBER 16, Iintber Blrthdny Celebration Vnl. ' Reports regarding proposed or already enjoyed celebrations of the 400th anniver sary of Luther's birth are coming from all quarters and in nearly all languages of the civilized world. Germany is all aglow with memorial services. ; London is to have a grand service in its famous Exeter Hall on ' the , 10th," In - which various leading evangelical denominations will take part!' Scotland is said t?ie generally preparing to observe it. Russia will look upon slmf-' lar services rio all her ' principal ci tiesand towns.' Norway, Sweden and Penmarfc;' exclusively Lutheran countries, are everyv where busy with arranging services. Even' in Rome a "Luther Committee' has been1 appointed, which is arranging a programme' to 'properly observe ' Luther's- birth. r( lit1 Canada, in Australia, and wherever the Lutheran Church is representedU Jhe.even will be celebrated by serviees, etc ; In our own country t&ere is to be given a grand Jjuther- ebneert In Stein way 'Hall; New York: ; In Brooklyn,'-: Philadelphia, 1 St Louis-aad.'Othet cities the Evangelical Al liance unites with the Lutherans in the cel ebration. Columbus, Ohio, recently held its celebration, and thousands of people took part. . So also in Milwaukee, Wiscon sin,, and other cities of the Northwest. The observance in St Louis will be very gene ral,' there being in that city alone about 60,000 Lutherans. . ' f i "'5 : ' ' " General Church bodies have taken action regarding it -The Presbyterians in Phila delphia, by resolution expressed the thought that it would be of practical value to their congregations if iheir ministry this year would specially make them acquainted with Luther and his great work. Our neighbor of the 217". C. Pr&irytertan, in its editorial column this week, - says: " All Protestantism may afford to lay aside any jealousies in'paying- tribute of admiration to the great Reformer." r; !;- The Lutherans of this State will cele brate it at Concord, as already announced in the Star. The Presbyterians and Meth odists will unite in the service, of which we hope to be able lo give an account to our readers. The exercises begin tonlay at 10 A. M., in the Presbyterian Church at Con. cord, as St. James Lutheran Church, in which it was first to be held, is not yet quite finished for occupancy. XoatHla Basket and Ella Dinner. A gentleman who had been to the mar ket yesterday morning and filled his basket with meat vegetables and other necessa ries, was returning home, when he con cluded to step into a hardware store and see something about a stove he had been bargaining for. Handing his basket to a colored urchin standing by, and telling him to hold it until he came back, intending to remunerate him for his trouble, our friend hurried Into the store, had a few words with the proprietor, - and hastened " back; when, lo! and behold, the boy and basket had both disappeared. It was a very dis couraging state pf affairs, and the boy de served condign punishment for so gross an offence, 'but the reflection was a poor so-lacftfor- the loss, of, his dinner, and tueeru tleman finally concluded that the easiest way to overcome the present difficulty was to buy a new basket and once more get it filled. : This he did. and then went home reflecting upon the new lesson he had learn ed in his old age, never to place implicit confidence in the honesty of a strangtr, be he white or be he colored. Chamber of Commerce. At a meeting of the newly elected execu tive council of the Chamber of Commerce, held yesterday at the rooms of the Produce Exchange, routine business was transacted and the following committees were ap pointed, viz: - Meteorological A. II. VanBokkelen, W. L. DeRosset George Harriss. Bar and ' River Improvements George Ilarriss, Alex. Sprunt R. E. Heide. . Transportation and Navigation F. W. Kerchner,- D. G. "Worth, C. II. Robinson. , Correspondence and Foreign Trade Jas. Sprunt, Geo. W. Williams, A. L. De Rosset ' , Propositions and Grievances Alfred Martin, Geo. Kidder, H., Vollers. , Insurance and Finance E E Burruss, Thos. Evans, Sam'l Northrop. Death of Dr. JT. S. Robinson. Intelligence was received here yesterday of the death at Elizabethtown, on Friday night, of Dr. J. S. Robinson, son of the late Dr. H. H. Robinson, and formerly a resident of this city, where he practiced medicine for a short time. Dr. Robinson was born at Elizabelntown and was be tween 40 and 45 years of age. The remains will arrive here by Fayetteville boat this morning, and the funeral will take place from St John's church this afternoon, at half-past 3 o'clock. He will be buried with Masonic ceremonies. Oar Cotton Trade, The receipts of cotton at this port from Nov. 1st to date foot up 7,369 bales, as against 10,067 bales up to Nov. 11th, 1882, showing a decrease of 2,728 bales. . The receipts for the crop year from Sep tember 1st to date foot up 48,385 bales, as against 46,179 bales up- to same period last year, showing an increase of 2,206 bales' in -favor of 1883. Fire Up the Carolina Tentral. : The gin house at Wadeville, Montgomery county; belonging to Mr. D. D. DeBerry, was destroyed by fire on Wednesday night toeether with a quantity of cotton and wheat It is supposed to have caught by SDarks from the engine. The loss, Mr. Wj T. Wade writes us, is estimated at about $350, upon which there was no insurance. Cultivated Qysters. Mr. J. L.' Winner has an oyster garden on the Sound, comprising about two hun dred acres.: Only a few acres. however, have been nlanted. but the success achieved with these, this season, shows that the oyster can be greatly improved by cultiva- ' 'a r A gentlemen on the Sound at tempted to shoot a fish-hawk, but the dis charge, going wide of the mark, entered the broadside ofka neighbor's bull, peaceful ly grazing on the grassy hillocks overlook Ling the city of Wrightsville. The poor fellow soon gave up the ghost, and that "specimen" is now dubbed by common consent the ouiHe&l shot on record. " , The New Berne Journal says 'Sixty-one shares of $25 each were sub sprihed to the Wilmington, Wrightsville & Onslow Railroad at the court house on Tues day night after the speech of E F. Mar tin, Bupenntenaent , ( r.Espjkrm) from; jail.. Seven: Prisoner Escape from , the Conntr', .fraU Thejy Overpower the .Jailer Two of the FarlUvei Beeap " - 1 ,.L. . Yesterday morning, about 8 o'clock, the usual quietude of Priocess street between Third and Fourth, was materially disturb ed by th&excitement incident to si jail de- livery It seems that the jailer, Geo.i WJ Murray, colored, started to give the prison ers their breakfast ' A "hired ; boy by 'the name of Frank Holmes"preceded him with a tray of bread; and lio followed with a pot -of coffee. : As the boy . onened tthe trauT door leading from the first to '.the second floor one of the colored prisoners, by thai name of Jerre Lanier; the only one- in the corridor,1 seized the boy and took the keys away .from himi i when he immediately commenced unlockiojr the celt: 'doors and releasing the other prisoners. ; In the mean me Murray, the jailer, had entered the jail and set the coffee down: when Joe George, a vwntta pTiBonerruddeniy,spraDC upoti,nua -) and enveloped his head with a blanker, and he and one Archie Pigford then succeeded in . overpo wering him and throwing him to the floor, where they held him, despite his struggles, until most of the prisoners had been turned loose, when" they . made their exit through the door and escaped over the intervening fences. . ; A f i , t ' Those of the prisoners who succeeded in getting out of the jail, seven in number, were Jerre Lanier and Robert Costin, both New Hanover county , prisoners, who were under sentence to the penitentiary, and Joe George," for perjury; Archie Pig ford, for carrying a concealed weap on,, and William : Nixon, for . larceny, all from Pender, and the last two colored. These finally escaped.- Then there were F. H Cornell, white, awaiting trial for the larceny of a watch, and one Gilbert Hadley, colored, both of whom were re captured and returned to tbeir cells. - In the attempt to stop the fleeing prisoners the jailer's wife and her sister displayed a great deal of pluck, and it - was through their instrumentality that Cornell was cap tured. Hadley was seen jumping the fence, being behind the others, and was captured by Mr. J. H. Jones, as he alighted on Fourth street ' ! ' The escape created great excitement in the neighborhood, in the midst of which, through a misapprehension, the fire alarm was started, which added to the confusion, and the fleeing prisoners took up the cry of fire, while the jailer and others were shouting murder. The prisoners all took a southeast course, as nearly as possible, running first to Market-street, and were seen passing in the neighborhood of the Marine Hospital. The jailer and : & posse mounted and pursued after the fugitives as soon as he could at tend to the safety of those left behind, but after scouring the w6odsin the neighbor hood of the city Until about 4 o'clock in the afternoon without cetting a glimpse of them, they returned home. ' - Jerre Lanier was convicted of embezzle- jneot nearly-twelve months -aga and Jfaa sentenced to four years' imprisonment in the 'State Penitentiary, but took an appeal to the Supreme Court which only rendered a decision a week or so ago, affirming the sentence of the Court below. Robert Costin was convicted of embezzlement at the Oc tober term of the Criminal Court and sen tenced to three years in the Penitentiary, from which he took an appeal to the Su preme Court, which was decided in a like manner, that tribunal afilrming the sen tence of the Court below. .i While the two prisoners had the jailor pin ioned to the floor, one of them got his fin ger in his mouth and bit it pretty severe ly, and Frank Holmes was knocked down by a boot in the hands of Joe George, who escaped in his bare feet Sheriff Manning ' was absent from the city at the time of the jail delivery. It seems that an escape in another man ner was first contemplated, as a portion of the floor in the south corridor was found torn up and the closet in the southwest cor ner . demolished, portions of I which were used to prize up the flooring. The flooring is . double, however, and the prisoners doubtless deemed the undertaking ; of : pro viding an escane in that way too serious a one. Steamboat Inspectors. ' Messrs. Eirkwood and Hewcs, steamboat inspectors for this district, are here on an official visit We are sorry to learn that our old friend, Mr. Kirkwood, now in the 84th year of his age. has been superceded in the position he has so long and so worthi ly held, the government having conceived the notion that he was getting too old to nronerlv discharge its duties. It is true he has passed his three score years and ten, but he is still very active for his age. His successor, who is a Charleston man, has not yet qualified. We wish for our friend in his retirement many more years of quiet contented old age. Aceident in I.aurlntonre. " .We learn that the colored people of Lau- rinburg were holding a fair or festival, on Wednesday nicht last when the building in which they were congregated suddenly fell in upon them, injuring eight persons, two of them it is feared seriously. " The floor fell in first and the walls followed, the laree number of spectators being' buried in the ruins. It was, feared, at first that the disaster had been much more serious than it subsequently proved. . I Bar and River Improvements. Col. W.' P. Craighill,U. S. Engineer in charge of our Bar and River ; Improve ments, arrived here on Tuesday last and visited the works in company with the As sistant-Engineer, Mr. Henry Bacon, and A; H. VanBokkelen, ' Eq.; President of the Chamber , of Commerce. After a re view of the works he expressed himself as much Gratified at what bad been accom- nlished. He returned to Baltimore Wed nesday night . ! r :i, s' , Foreign Exports. . , , The Norwegian baraue ; Mid and the schooner R H. Drummond-vrete cleared from this' port yesterday the ; former for London, England, by Messrs. D. R, .Hur- chison & Co.; with 730 casks spirits tro nentine and 1.238-barrels of- rosin, valued at $36,746, and the latter to Georgetown Dfimarara. bv Messrs.. Northrop fc Cum min?, with 262,424 feet of lumber, valued at $1,200. Totar$40,946, : ' . " : The . German barque Sirene, Capt Callies, was cleared from this port for Falmouth, yesterday, by Messrs. DR. Murcbison & Co., with 2,107 bales of cot tori, weighing 1,007,093 pounds and valued at $100,709.' ' ; . 1383,. JTEW YORK. ; Republican majority for , Secretary of , State The Beat of the State Officers ; Democratic Arrests lu Duchess 1 County for Bribery Business Eall- ')"".':.;,.,. ..' I i - IBy Telegrapn to the Morning Stac.1 - '; v Axbaht, November 8. Tho- likening Journal eaya that Gen. Carr's majority is, over 19,000. There isiittle;doubt that the : Democratic J candidates for' the remaining' offices are ; elected ' .by . majorities ranging, between. 10,000 and 14,000 Chances, in. the Assembly make its composition R pubheans and 55 Democrats. ' Vy": N? Pouqhkeepsik, Nov. 8. There is much' excitement . in . Duchess county, owing: to ' many arrests- since Tuesday of persons., charged with bribery at the "election Among the warrants sworn out tb-day was one f r Warden A. tAi . Brush, of Sing Sing piison, and another for Wesley Van Tassel, a New York Custom House officer. . A : ' New Tobk," November 8 J. S.' "Cohen & Co.; fur dealers; 552 Broadway, assigned to-day td Samuel P. Hyman; giving prefer ences amounting to $51,207.;. ,: t.. ..r; .Albany,-November 8.-7-Charles E. LeTj land, formerly, proprietor of the DeLavari House, arid latterly of the Brighton Beach? xiotei;- nas maae a general assignment to Chas. JFrI3ucljanaii. r Llabiitties r.ati aesets unknown. PENNSYLVANIA. A Rnnnins - FUrht with a Rand of Thieves In the Klonntalns One of the Porsnlns Party Seriously Wounded ITIlnlns: Troubles. ' ::- j r; .: By Telegraph to the Jfornlng Btar.l j- ? Lancaster, Nov. 8. Hollinger's store. at Lincoln, this county, was robbed last night : Early this morning a large posse of men started in pursuit of the thieves. ; who were rightly supposed to be; Buzzard and his gang, a . notorious band of thieves, a numuer oi wnom. with Uuzzard. recently escaped from Lancaster jail. They came upuu me miyves at tne eage .qi - weisn. mountain, and a running fight ensued, over fifty shots being fired on both sides. John Clifford, one of the escaped prisoners, was captured, and Abe Buzzard, the leader.was shot, and is supposed to be seriously in jured, from the blood left on his trait ' A young man named Bond, one of the pursu ing party, was shot in the face and neck, ana seriously, pernaps fatally miured. The remaining thieves succeeded in getting into the mountains and eluding capture for the time being; but as the Whole country is be ing scoured with armed men their capture is considered a matter of short time only. Pittsburg, Nov. 8. The president and members of the Miners Association to-day started on a tour of the third and fourth Pool mines to induce miners who have . ac cepted a reduction in wages to strike, pen ding the acceptance by the operators of a proposition to settle the question of . wages Dy arbitration. MEXICO. A Duel Between Prominent Citizens One of the Combatants Killed and tbe Other Badly Wounded Cause of the Affair. I By Telegraph to the Morning Star. j City of Mexico, Nov. 8. A duel oc curred at Chapultepec, two miles southwest of this city, this morning, between Mr. Digheest, of the Mexican National Bank, and Mr. Olivier, a French merchant, in which the latter was killed and the former badly wounded. Swords were the weapons used. Both gentlemen were well known. The duel was caused by a dispute over seats at the 'races Sunday. The British Minister, two American ladies and Mr. Digheest left their seats to promenade, wnereupon JH.r. tmvier ana two laaies tooK possession ol them.: w nen tne iormer party returned a quarrel ensued between Digheest and Olivier, and the former-call ed the police who ejected Olivier. -The anair caused several cnaiienges to be sent to Digheest He had another duel arranged for to-morrow. There is intense excite ment among the foreigners. WISCONSIN. Fall of the Roof and Walls of a Portion of the Capitol at Madison Four Persons Killed and Six Others -Badly Injured. ' IBy Telegraph to the Morning Star. ; Madison. Nov. 8. The entire roof, I to gether with the inside walls and iron and stone columns of the new south wing of the Capitol fell at 1.40 o'clock this evening, causing the following casualties : Killed Barnev JUggms, ot Madison, instantly: Wm. Edgar, of Madison, instantly; Wm. Jones, boss mason,- of Milwaukee, skull fractured and dying; Jas. Dowell, mason, of Madison, both legs broken and will probably die. R. Hodges, of Sheboygan, was badly miured; Jas. Kelly, ol Madison, had his leg broken and badly injured ; Mills Maxwell, of Jonesville, was injured in the head; Edward Barnes, of Madison, badly injured; Arthur Lynch, of Chicago, badly injured; Mike Scwank, of Madison, badly injured. t OHIO. Fatal Railroad Accident at Rocbport. TBy Telegraph to the Horning Star. ' Columbus, Nov. 8. An accident occur red : on the Panhandle Railroad at - Rock port24 miles from Newark, last night The Panhandle freight train had lust tasen a siding and the brakemen had left the switch standing open, when tne liaitimore ana Ohio passenger .train, leaving Columbus at 9 P. M.. ran into the freight, making a fearful wreck. Engineer Mathews, of Co lumbus, and the fireman, whose name was not learned both of the passenger .tram were instantly killed. No other persons received injuries from which they will die. The track was cleared in an hour. The engineer and the fireman of the Pan handle freight train were both badly hurt, and it is thought cannot recover. The bag gage man of the Baltimore and Ohio train received a severe cut. . MASSACHUSETTS. The State Vote Butler a Candidate for Governor Next Fall. Boston. Nov. 8. The Herald states that Gov. Butler told ar member of his Council yesterday that he should again run for the office of (iovernor next lalL lne compli ment of 150.000 votes leads him to think he will be successful. The State vote, with Gosnold still miss ing, is Robinson 160,175, Butler. 150,074,. Almy 1,553. scattering 80. Total 311,883; Essex county returns a solid Democratic delegation to the Senate, which will thus stand twenty-nve KepuDlicans ana ntteen t . -. i t ui: i ieiuucruis H gam ui twu jvcpuuiiuauo. . MISSOURI. - . Deaths of More Victims of the Recent . ... Tornado at Springfield !St Louis. Nov. 8. The latest accounts of the storm in Springfield say that four more persons have died from the effects of their in juries Mrs. Pennington, JetL Ed- mondson. -William Iiger, and an infant son of John Shamoiux. This makes eleven deaths in alL Two other persons are not expected to live. STATESVILLEXN. C. Wm. Pope Shot and Killed by Deputy Sheriff Wilson. " Raleigh. Nov. 8. At Statesville,. this morning, Deputy Sheriff Wilson, while at temptine to collect taxes from Wm. Pope, had a difficulty, in which the latter was shot and killed instantly. The deputy, who surrendered himself to the sheriff, says that the shooting was in self-defence,' Pope having attempted to kill him with a fence ran. .. The weekly r statement of the Asso ciated Banks shows the following changes v . A. JW r s lioans aecrease j.,ou, uu; specie inereasti $1,843,800; legal tenders increase' $11, 800; deposits increase , $368,000 ; circula tion . decrease . $7,800; "reserve increase 1.053.300. The.banks now hold $1,740, 075 above the 25 per cent, required by law. NO. 3 VIRGINIA.! iff- 1 ( 4 1 Apprehensions lof ' an Outbreak or Negroes In Southampton" Conntjr - WAlte CltUcexis ' ITnderr Arm, aad , Ctuardlng their Somes A Read j aster Sent to Jail for InelUns a Blot. ' i.0 iiSy Telegraph the JCornlnjr Star.c." ' Nosfou- Nov.- 9,-rJThe. .white people of Southampton, county are apprehensive of nn Outbreak among the? negroes;.Tete erama have been received at Portsmouth. Easkine for assistance,' in the event of o ready. for summons in case it should Pcome ' - ' - A , . troaDie, aaa ine Mayor nas a posse of pti uYestarday a drunken neccotold a servant h of a white family in that county that at I 12 o'clock last night l.OOOnegroes intended to slay every white person front the cradlo up, . in Southampton county.. .White men'at'NeW8om, Franklin. Boyklns iand Branch ville, were well armed ;and Bent out scouts to learn what was going on. It was noticeable that not a single negro was to be sees si their usual places. This gave color to reports, and the' women and children were taken to the woods and a euard placed arouodthenui. (, -4 t ; r The telegrams further state that negroes who work around the railroad stations have not been; seen -since yesterday afternoon, and the people are preparing to f defend thei?LCmes. '-'Tans "Tarno intelligence of trouble has. been received here, and it isim possible to say. whether there is just ground for -the - existence of ' the excitement and fears.-. Southampton county was the scene, some years before the war, of a bloody slave insurrection, and it is not improbable that the traditions .of that time -have some thing to do with the. prevailing .aoprehen- fc SlOnS. , ; , ' . .. , ; Petersbukg, Noy. 9. W. H. Morris, proprietor of the hotel at Wakefield in this State, .who has been missing since the po litical disturbance at that place on the night of the election, : and who was thought to nave Deen louny aeall with. Has given him self up to the authorities. Last eveninir he had an examination before a court of. ma gistrates and his case was sent on to the December term of the court for trial. The. charge against Morris is that of participa ting in a row and discharging a pistol, one shot from which wounded It. W. White. Morris made his escape and slept part of the night in a hollow tree. , The trouble was caused by Morris, who is a Readjuster, ac cusing : White, a Democrat of stuffing a ballot box. . NEW ORlt. A Tug Boat Blown up on Harlem Kl- 1 ver Four Persons Killed. . ..; New York, Nov. 9. A dispatch was received at police headquarters shortly af ter noon to-day, stating that this morning terrible explosion occurred on -board a tug boat .which was steaming up Harlem river opposite Ward's Island. The boat was blown to atoms and sunk almost in stantly.' One of the crew was rescued bv a police boat He said that four men be sides himself were on the tug. It is sup posed that they were instantly killed, and that their bodies were earried beneath the water by the ill-fated boat. later. The tug boat ou board of which the explosion occurred was the , James N. Thompson, and was coming through Hell uate witn tnree schooners m tow. The tide being contrary, too much steam was put on and the boiler exploded. The boat was blown into fragments, and the .flying pieces killed the helmsman on one of the schooners. Seven persons were on the tug, of whom four were killed Capt. Eardis and his wife, the cook John Kelly, and Charles Connors, a deck hand. Charles Kelly, the engineer, was . picked up and taKen.to warns island alive, but with broken limbs. Two other men were blown into the river, but were rescued. . THE COTTON CROP. Returns to the Department of Agri culture An Indicated Product of Nearly 86 per cent, of Last Year's Crop. -: . . , -.. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Washington, Nov. 10. Returns of the corps correspondents of the Department of Agriculture relative to cotton show a light improvement since last report. The weath er has generally been favorable for picking, and in portions of the fields the top-crop has yielded better than was feared. There were no frosts in October except in the northern border of the cotton belt, and at least an average length of season is already assured. The returns give county estimates of the average yield per acre, and the aggregate product compared with the crop of last year. The indicated product considering the rate of yield and the acreage, is nearly 88 per cent, of last year's crop. The averages of yield per acre are JNorth Carolina 160 pounds. South Carolina 143, Georgia 132, Florida (for Bea Island and upland) 98, Alabama 128, Mississippi 175, Louisiana 228, Texas 163,. Arkansas 230, Tennessee 181. The production, compared with 1882. is, for North Carolina 85 per cent. South Carolina 84, Ueorgia U; Florida 98. Ala-; bama 91, Mississippi 85, Louisiana 86, Texas 80, Arkansas 87, Tennessee 95. new 'Jersey. A Burglar Killed at Newark Three Children Fatally Injured at Atlantic City. ' : ' By Telegraph to the Morning Star. I Newark, Nov. 10. Ealfly this morning Mr. Choate, a New York broker, living at 77 Lincoln Avenue, this city, discovered a burglar in the second story of his house. and fired upon him, killing him almost in stantly - The name of the burglar could not be ascertained. Atlantic City. Nov. 10. Three chil dren of George E Barnes, proprietor of the Sageawatha House, in this city, while out riding in a phaeton this morning, were struck by a freight train at the Arctic Ave nue crossing of the Narrow Gauge Rail road, and all fatally miured. Two have died and the death of the third is expected. NOR THERN METHODISTS. Appropriations to Support Colored j Conferences. . , By Telegraph to tbe Morning Star.) New York, November 10. The Metho dist Missionary Committee voted the fol lowing appropriations to-day to support the colored Conferences at tne south: Cen tral Alabama. $2,500; East Tennessee, $2,- 000; Little Rock, $3,000; Mississippi, $5,- 500; Savannah. $3,150; Tennessee, $2,700; Delaware, $1,500; Lexington, $2,700; Lou isiana, $5,500 ; JN orth Carolina, $2, 700 ; South Carolina, $6,000; Texas. $4,000; Washington, $2,300;' West Texas, $4,000. COTTON. " A Summary of the Crop to Date. . By Telegraph to theMorning Star.) New York, Nov. 10.--Receipts of cot ton for all interior towns, 156,35 bales; re ceipts from plantations, 304,149 bales: total visible supply of cotton for the world 2,437,984 bales, of which 1.946.584 bales are American, against 2.175,711 and 1,558,- 411 respectively : last year; crop in. sight 218,346 bales., . , ., .. '' : OHIOl A 7 A Cincinnati letter Carrier Arrested for Robbing Letters. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. 1 s Cincinnati, Nov. 10. Cyrus L. Sim- kins, a letter carrier since 1875,' was arrest ed to-dav by fostomce inspector J. a. Brown, charged with stealing money from letters.. : The proof of his guilt was found upon his person, , . . . . . ; ' -TENNESSEE. ;. A Skiff Sunk by a Steamer and ; Three - " ' - Persons Drowned. ' Memphis, Nov." 10. The steamer John Leey when opposite Fort Pickering last evening, ran down a skiff containing t a man, his wife and one child. ' They were all drowned. Rnykitf and B. Underwood published in' tl e Clinton Caucasian- a challenge- to all sportsmen for a fox-Chase. They say :'The -judges will be selected by the parties, and the time) place, number of dogs to be run, and rules will be agreed upon by them. Pigford, President of the Sampson County Agricultural Society, Informs us that the premiums for the eiombig Fair amount to more than ; $1,000.' r . Gov, , Jarvis has prqmised to deliver the address at the Fair. t f.-.The Indian mound fever is spreading. Messrs,1 Murphy fc Phillips and their school boys opened one off Mr. R,'Page'sland,two miles west of town, the other, day.' It was forty: feet in diameter and three-feet high. They found sixteen skulls and some beads.1 The meeting- at" the Baptist Church closed last Sunday night - Thirty-six per-t sons were received into the church by pro-; fession of faith, by letter and restoration. The rite of Baptism was administered in the ohurch'at 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Twenty-seven persons were baptized, seven males and twenty females, v. --- Greenboro Workman: C Satur day night several residences of well known citizens of this place were forcibly entered by unknown parties. Seven houses were either, entered or- attempts made . to gain ' entrance. The house of Col. Shober was entered add all the valuables in the way of jewelry stolen. Also tne uoionei s pocaets- -were rifled.- . The ' thieves attempted to ' enter "thel dwelling; of Mr: McCarthy but were repulsed.., They also failed to get in to Mr J.' R. Bulla's house." The house of -Lj' IWJ: Andrews '.was entered. - Mrs. An drews saw the thief plainly, but mistook, hinrfor her son. - He was a mere boy. Be fore tbe mistake was. discovered the young rascal succeeded In securing a gold watch and chain worth $175 and a note-book and aJLye?dolat bilLv . ..'-.: r.:'-:-;--- . n , New Berne Journal: -Forty-four, barrels of fish arrived-here from Morehead and Beaufort yesterday morning and were shipped -North per steamer Shenandoah. The Matamuskeet apples are coming in pretty freely and sell readily for 70 to 75 cents per bushel, r" : Mr. Henry Stilly who lives just across Neuse river from the city, near Daniels' Ferry, trapped a good large bear on Monday morning last .. Diedk at his residence, in Onslow county, neat - Richlands, on Friday, the 2nd day of November, Mr. C. N. Marshburn, of ty phoid fever. In New Berne, on Wed nesday, November 14th, the corner stone of the New Court House will be laid under the auspices of the Masonic Fraternity. A i speech will be delivered by Gov. T. J. Jarvis at 12 o'clock m. Oxford Torchlight t The vestry of St Stephen's Church tendered a call to Kev.-Dr. Baird last week, to fill the va cancy caused by the recent resignation of Rev. Mr. Bush. It is with sincere re gret that we chronicle the unfortunate affair which occurred near Blue Wing in north western Granville on Tuesday night last The reports coming to us are to the effect that Dr. James D. Puryear rode up to the ' house of Jake Chavis. colored, who is living upon his lands, after calling him out and having ia'few words shot him with a double" barrel shot gun which he carried. The hrst load passed through his body, the second snot not taiung enect. 'i ne negro ran around the house and soon fell and expired. We learn of no report of any previous diffi culty between the parties. Puryear has been drinking quite heavily for the past two months. . Rutherf ordton Banner: A large area of farming lands is seeded with oats. Homebody tells us the Western .North Carolina road will never .be finished to Ducktown. The ducktown mines are now in the hands of an English company, -who intend to build a road from Ducktown. to Cleaveland, on the EastTTenn. 'Va. & Ga., road, and we believe the other road will be finished as originally contracted. Cleaveland county: pays $40,000. in taxes, and has two railroads in her borders, and good churches and schools in every neigh borhood. : '. Her people are intelligent, -prosperous, good livers, and handle a good deal of the "root of all evil," so-called, and vote Democratic. : Rutherford county pays half as much taxes, has no railroad, few good schools and churches, and it is hard scratching to make both ends meet with a majority of tne people, . ana it is nip ana tuck between Radicalism and progress. ' Charlotte ' Observer : During- last October there were 13,840 bales of cot ton received, at Charlotte. Rev. R. A. Miller, pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Monroe, on last Sunday tendered his re signation as pastor on account of failing- health. A car load of colored hands from Salisbury passed through the city yes terday for Charleston and the phosphate- works. ; They were joined hereby about 25 and the whole patty numbered 85. Capt. Tillman Davis, superintendent ot Mr. D. Parks Hutchison's farm, near the city, yesterday afternoon finished work in a field and started to walk to the house. He had proceeded but a few steps when he fell to the ground and expired instantly. Heart disease was the cause. Mecklenburg jail now contains, perhaps, the oldest pris oner to be touna witnin tne walls ot any jail in the State.. She is a very old woman named Mary Griffin and her head is whiten ed by the cares and troubles of seventy-five years' sojourn in these lowlands of sor row. -' The old woman was commit ted to ; jail for chicken stealing. The fanners along the Carolina Cen tral Railroad are disposing of their cottont stalks to the Acme Manufacturing cjom pany, at the rate of $8 per ton. They are shipping large , quantities of stalks and: seem to oe giaa to get ria oi mem at ina& price. . We learn that a Mr.- Trechler, who owned a saw mill in Kowan county, near Gold Hill, was instantly killeoWn his- mill one day last week by a big beam tail ing on him.- The beam struck Mr. Trech ler across the breast crushing him to the floor and killing him'instantly. Mr. T. was a wortny man ana a gooa citizen. Benjamin Allen Knox, revenue agent for the Cabarrus and Rowan district, met with a bad accident at Sechler's pond, near China Grove, a day or two since. He was riding along in a sulky, when his horse be came unmanageable and Dacsea into tne mill race. Mr. Knox was caught under the sulky and horse, with his head fortu nately out of the water, and . remained in this condition, sustaining the weight of the horse and sulky combined, until a passer by discovered his situation and rescued him. His condition is reported as being criticaL - ;; Raleigh News- Observer: - Next Saturday the work of removing the North Carolina exhibit will be begun, we learn. Up to the last moment the North Carolina display was the centre of attraction for all visitors. Sheriff W. C. Hickey, of Mitchell county yesterday brought to the penitentiary Spencer Harrell, a white man, who gets two1 years for manslaughter, having killed a man named Cox, in 1878. At a corn-shucking at Aurelian Springs, Halifax county, last night, Os born Williams mortally wounded Williams Burgess with a knife. It will be seen that lands in Middle Creek are valued at the lowest figures, $3.20 per acre, while in Raleigh township the value is highest, $46.20 per acre: The total amount of all the listed lands in the county is $480,079 acres, valued at $3,264,720. The average value of all the listed lands in the county is $6.83i per acre. This is all separate from the town and city lots in the county. In Raleigh there are 1,320 city lots listed, the total value of , which is $2,758,775. The party of visitors from Pennsylvania, numbering 100rwill arrive here, it is now definitely . known, on the evening of the 13th Inst,' and will remain in Raleigh un til the evening of the 14th.. They will be entertained while here. The party of visitors from Boston will arrive here, it is thought, on the 27th inst They will also be entertain ed His excellency Gov. Jarvis yester day received a couple of letters from Hon. John Cochrane, chairman of the commit tee on the celebration of the evacuation of New Yorkby the British. He says. "I have the honor on behalf of the committee to invite a participation , in the parade of the veteran military organizations and the - . - .... . . f - T 4J&UCIO Ul tUlllUll Jf DCUUUia UVJ,WUi UU1M.I A request that your excellency will give pub licity to ! this invitation. We shall be obliged if you will give ,us early informa tion of the members of sach organizations- as will favor us with their presence." Twenty thousand persons visited the Bos ton Fair the last day, and saw the North Carolina exhibit of which the Boston Ad vertiser says :'. The magnificent exhibit of North Carolina, or a considerable portion of it will probably be retained in Boston for the exhibition of 1884, and it is not at aU improbable that It may be left here for a permanent exhibit of the resources of that wonderful State." "
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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